Sport Science - Movement and Well-Beinginternational course, full time
Master of Science
Master
Degree4 semesters
Standard period of study (amount)
Mainz
Location
November 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
November 2025 (EU), expired (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer Semester only
Area of study
Sports Science
Focus
System dynamics of movement and well-being, Nutrition, Health Psychology, Applied Sports Psychology, Ayurveda and Yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Qigong, Performance Diagnostics, Neurosciences, Statistics and data analysis, Corporate Health Management
Target group
Well-being is much more than just the absence of illness. But can well-being be achieved without health at all? Or is well-being a necessary condition for health? And how can well-being and / or health be achieved through exercise? These are just a few of the questions we will discuss with you in this hands-on, inclusive Masters program. Our understanding of how well-being can be achieved is strongly influenced by our cultural backgrounds. In addition to the Western-oriented approaches to achieving well-being, a focal point of this study program is on Far Eastern alternatives for achieving well-being: During two stays abroad, we offer you the opportunity to study the basics and applications of Ayurveda and Yoga as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Qigong at partner universities in India and China. In order to assess the diverse effects of these Western and Far Eastern approaches to well-being, you will also gain insights into the most up-to-date scientific methods in the fields of cognitive psychology, movement, training and neuroscience and use these in their own research projects and internships. These include the measurement of brain states based on brain electromagnetic and hemodynamic activity, effects on various heart rate dependent variables, changes in skin resistance, variations in the infrared spectrum or changes in gas discharge. Courses on health psychology, occupational health management (BGM) and the influence of different nutritional concepts round off a study program that is so far unique in Europe in this form. Our goal is to provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to critically reflect, scientifically review and assess a wide range of well-being pathways. In this study program you will acquire the necessary competencies to offer, for example, a holistic analysis and therapy recommendations for athletes in clubs and training centres and in cooperation with physicians for patients, to advise in the field of health management and to organise events or to train in the field of medical assistance professions. Of course, you can also opt for a postgraduate program / doctoral program.
Annotation
If the Bachelor degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points can be demonstrated: Submit a certificate of study and examinations and the average grade achieved so far. (This certificate must be issued by the relevant higher education, original or officially authenticated copy). After enrolment, the diploma must be submitted. If the degree was obtained abroad: officially authenticated copy of a certificate of recognition (responsible: Student Service - Admission International).
Admission requirements
The Master in Sport Science Movement & Wellbeing is offered in English only (no DSH proof required). Further information on admissions can be found on the website.
Lecture period
- 14.04.2025 - 19.07.2025
- 27.10.2025 - 14.02.2026
Application deadlines
Summer semester (2025)
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.10.2025 - 15.11.2025
Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Expired
Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.10.2025 - 15.11.2025
Participation in the lottery procedure for Master's degree programmes (winter semester 01.08.-31.08; summer semester 01.08.-31.08): https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/losverfahren Please also note the earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Until 15.11.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
Languages of instruction
Main language
English